Sell-off in Adani stocks halts after eight days
Live MintThe sell-off in Adani group stocks halted on Tuesday as the group unveiled more steps to restore investor confidence and reduce its debt, including a plan to repay Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd’s loans worth ₹5,000 crore by March next year. “For FY24, we are targeting an Ebitda of ₹14,500-15,000 crore and expect to reduce net debt to Ebitda ratio to 2.5X after factoring in capex of ₹4,000-4,500 crore and loan repayment of ₹5,000 crore, which also includes some prepayment,” said Karan Adani, chief executive and director of Adani Ports, after the release of the company’s earnings. The sell-off prompted the group to pull Adani Enterprises’ ₹20,000 crore share sale last week and caused a slump in Adani stock and overseas bond prices. Nifty constituent Adani Ports said net profit fell 16% from a year earlier to ₹1,315 crore for the December quarter, missing Bloomberg consensus estimates of ₹1,502 crore.